Programmierung Service - To Do List (with infos from i9)

• Programmierung (Service) WS0506, Prof. Seidl
• Programmierung (Service) WS0405, Prof. Schröder
• Programmierung (Service) WS0304, Prof. Schröder

• Ira Assent (Prof. Seidl), assent(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de, 80-21910
• Mark Wichterich (Prof. Seidl), wichterich(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de, 80-21904
• Detlef Wetzeler (Admin für Compilator, Prof. Seidl), wetzeler(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de, 80-21905
• Eva Giani (Prof. Schröder), giani(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de, 80-21937

• Farzad Afschari (wrote the Compilator, finishes his diploma thesis this year)
• contact Datenstrukturen & Algorithm Hiwis during SS 2006
• weekly meeting with Hiwis, discuss solutions, feedback from labs (explain recursion once more, etc.)
• students need their Vordiplom to be a Hiwi(exceptions, such as having previous experience, are allowed :)

• use slides from Prof. Seidl (contact him or his assistants for Powerpoint slides)
• book: Sprechen Sie Java?, Hanspeter Mössenböck
• slides from Prof. Schröder are too difficult at the beginning (he started with OOP, not useful for first assignments)

• 500-600 students
• mostly Wirtschaftsingenieure, then Technik-Kommunikation, least Physik, Bio...
• first semester students!
• many have never used the web before (computers, editors, etc. :)
• many don't have an email address
• this lecture is only Nebenfach for them -> don't expect too much enthusiasm!
• don't give students too much freedom - it's not manageable (prescribe lab & exam times, group size, software, etc.)

• written by Farzad Afschari
• he finishes this year and cannot help us
• according to him, we may not be able to use the Compilator without help because it's too hacked
• runs on VMWare 3.1
• should run on a dedicated server for security reasons !!!
• Hiwis and students need an account for the Compilator
• students upload their solutions with Compilator
• contact Mark Wichtetrich to get his script that checks the structure of Java programs for plagiarism
• Praktomat from Prof. Schröder (tests on plagiarism, upload assignments)

• announce during the lectures that Internet access and an email address are mandatory to successfully complete the class
• students register for labs, exams, and query exam results (we need to include email verification upon registration!)
• unfortunately, we cannot use existing scripts from i9 because they are tied into their system
• offer discussion forum (caution: solutions may be published there or in some other forums!)
• get password for email progra4all(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de from Ira Assent (support for students, checked and discussed by Hiwis during labs)
• students apply at the RBI to get a lab account

• submit solutions both electronically (through Compilator) and printed
• submit in groups of three (exeptions only for valid reasons)
• discuss solutions in the labs
• start with simple assignments (e.g., download & upload the Java program to the Compilator)
• all students should use the same Java version (use deviations on own risk)
• recommend Joe as standard editor (we don't offer support for other editors), or better Eclipse since it's evailable both on Win & Mac
• or explain how to use the command line

• 45 minutes to discuss solutions and answer questions on new assignments
• 27 lab groups (we should go for 30 groups at the beginning)
• offer all labs on the same day (Tuesday), we can use the old lab rooms from WS0506 -> check Campus on time !!!
• offer several labs in parallel in the morning between 10-12am (check Wirtschaftsingenieure curriculum in Campus -> many students will change groups and complain that lab times collide with other lectures)
• each of our Hiwis should supervise at least 4-5 groups if possible
• announce more than once during lecture & labs that Pool-Sprechstunden for students exist at the RBI pool (help with assignments, etc., but possibly not on the evening before due date :), many students seem to miss this announcement
• we offer no Frontalübungen (where one assistant explains solutions)
• we need to reserve lab times at the RBI pool (one day per week)

• 2 Scheinklausuren (midterm & final) and 1 Schein-Nachschreibeklausur
• don't announce the Nachschreibeklausur in advance or students will count on it!
• 1 Vordiplomklausur (end of WS) and 1 Vordiplom-Nachschreibeklausur (end of SS, 25.09.06, 13:30-15:30)
• Schein-Nachschreibeklausur and Vordiplomsklausur take place in parallel
• reserve the biggest lecture halls on time
• probably only Friday evening possible, Audimax, Roter / Grüner Hörsaal, etc.
• seating accomodations during the exams: every 2nd row, every 3rd seat
• no Kofferklausur (i.e., no lecture material allowed during the exams)
• offer one sample exam before the midterm Scheinklausur (sample questions)
• to check: Studienführer für Programmierung by Thomas Noll (Fachgruppenseite, explains who writes Vordiplom- or Scheinklausur)

• at least 50% of the points from both exams together
• in each exam at least 25% of the points
• kick out students with less than 10 points per exam
• pass 50% of labs to be admitted to the exams
• Hiwis correct (inofficially) the VD exams, but assistants need to approve the corrections afterwards
• Scheinklausur duration (1h) / Vordiplomklausur duration (1:30h)

• we can use the web registration system from i9 (Prof. Schröder)
• we met Eva Giani for discussion & demo
• she gave us the code, a mySql dump, and a script to generate Praktomat logins from web registrations
• Andre Vehreschild
• they also have scripts for online-registration, uses mySql database from Rechenzentrum
• his Hiwi contacted me to send the scripts, Johannes will talk to him if necessary
• Rechenzentrum Webdienste
• Johannes modified a simple online registration script to test for DIS2 final exam
• we also have some scripts from i2 (Rene Thiemann, thiemann(at)informatik.rwth-aachen.de)
• J2EE, psql, Tomcat
• Campus registration for the course, but no lab registration possible
• it would be good to also know the Studienrichtung for each student, possible in Campus?

• Praktomat at Uni Passau or at Uni Würzburg
• submit assignments, compile programs over web-interface and get feedback